RN Clinical Nurse II - NC Children's Specialty Clinic Raleigh

UNC Health•Raleigh, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

UNC Children’s Specialty Services at Raleigh is seeking a friendly, professional, skilled nurse with pediatric experience who enjoys working across a variety of services and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The clinic supports 22 pediatric specialties and is a pediatric-specific setting focused on high-quality care and excellent patient experiences. It is the only pediatric facility in the Southeastern United States with a Joint Commission Certified Pediatric Asthma Program. The clinic is working on process improvement projects involving rooming and triage compliance, food insecurity screening, and depression screening. The Clinical Nurse provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards and is accountable to the Nurse Manager/Director. The role coordinates and delivers patient care using the nursing process. The position is onsite in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a day schedule of 36 hours per week. Available schedules are five 8-hour days or four 9-hour days; weekends and holidays are not required. The position qualifies for a $10,000 commitment incentive.

Requirements

Graduation from a school of professional nursing.
If hired after January 6, 2014, enrollment in a nursing bachelor’s degree program within four years of employment and completion of a bachelor’s degree in nursing or master’s degree in nursing within seven years of the employment date.
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Provider certification.
One year of nursing experience.
Pediatric experience.
Basic nursing skills including patient triage or clinic rooming, injections, specimen collection, central line maintenance, and NG/G-tube management.

Responsibilities

Identify personal learning needs, attend relevant education programs, use patient education materials with assistance, and assess patients’ and families’ readiness and ability to learn.
Identify expected patient outcomes, seek guidance when revising plans of care, participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of care, and communicate information to support continuity of care.
Provide competent care for patients with complex problems, including appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational, and safety needs; perform point-of-care testing as required; and follow organizational and nursing standards, policies, and procedures.
Organize and prioritize care according to patient and family needs, and consult appropriate resources promptly for complex care issues, unusual teaching needs, or discharge-planning risks.
Develop professional growth goals with assistance and work toward them within agreed timelines; collaborate across departments; participate in unit goals and performance improvement; use communication systems effectively; provide coworker feedback; promote cost-effective care; and maintain a safe, clean, and secure care environment.
Assess complex situations, determine care priorities, synthesize assessment data before communicating it, anticipate discharge needs, and build relationships that help families advocate for patients and themselves.
Collaborate with patients and families to prepare or update care plans, use multidisciplinary resources, address cultural and ethnic considerations, communicate planning, and prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems.
Read relevant journals and bring applicable ideas or questions to staff for discussion.
Perform or support clinic nursing skills including patient triage and rooming, injections, specimen collection, central line maintenance, and NG/G-tube management.